Keenan Allen and Riley Cooper had monster games in week nine but are they legit?
Analysis: Keenan Allen is quickly becoming a fantasy stud. He caught 8 balls on 11 targets for 128 yards and 1 touchdown Sunday afternoon against Washington. He now has three 100 plus receiving yard games in his last four games. Allen has 38 targets in that four game span and that many targets cannot be ignored. Allen’s fantasy availability is mixed, he’s available in 3-60% of fantasy leagues.
Riley Cooper scored 3 touchdowns Sunday in Oakland but he was only targeted 6 times. With Nick Foles now running the show in Philly maybe Cooper’s numbers will bump up consistently, but who knows? He’s worth a “stash and store” but he’s a better sell high option at this point. Cooper is available in 80-90% of fantasy leagues.
There was also a Dwayne Bowe sighting in week nine. He caught a season high 7 receptions on a healthy 12 targets for 67 yards. Bowe has just 2 touchdowns this year and zero games over 70 yards. He cannot be trusted but he is available in 4-15% of fantasy leagues.
Week one in the NBA is almost over and it did not come without surprises.
Analysis: Obviously Michael Carter-Williams, Trevor Ariza, DeAndre Jordan and Miles Plumlee are the hottest players on the wire. They are on fire right now and are unavailable in most leagues. Then you have the somewhat proven guys that received very little love in the draft that are playing well- JJ Hickson, JJ Redick, Iman Shumpert and Mario Chalmers. But the big surprise here is Vitor Faverani.
Faverani has 9 blocks and 21 rebounds through two games, averaging 32 minutes per contest. Faverani shot 59% from the field last year for Valencia and was a 79% free throw shooter. He wasn’t much of a shot blocker but a 6’11” big with thirty plus minutes per game is bound is fill up the stat sheet. He is available in 93-99% of fantasy leagues.
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist is another player to watch. He’s not going to be that twenty point per game stud you want him to be but he will do the little things which include high percentage field goals and free throws. Thus far this season MKG is averaging 28 minutes per game. What that means is the rebounds, steals and blocks should be very respectable for a fantasy small forward. He is available in 75-85% of leagues.
The next generation of waiver wire trends have arrived at FantasySP. We have just released Waiver Wire Trends for the NFL, NBA, NHL, and MLB. Many of you guys have seen waiver trends listed on several fantasy sites but we have our own unique spin that will give you an edge.
Waiver Wire Trends
Before we get to ways our waiver wire trends differ, let’s first give a broad overview on what to expect. As you can see to the right, we list the top 25 Waiver Trends for your favorite sport. These just so happen to be the NFL.
By default, we list the weekly trends and compare the own percentage from this week to last week. The player’s with the biggest own increase are listed first. Nothing super interesting with that so far, and these player’s will mostly likely already be owned in your league.
Where things get interesting is when you sort by “Percent Change”. This category will show you all players who have a significant weekly or daily jump in ownership. Often times you will see players with a 2000% percent change. These player’s will likely be available in the waiver wire and are guys that you should be researching.
A couple examples so far would be Peyton Hillis, Harry Douglas, Marvin Jones, and Kenny Stills. Notice anything? All of these players are either fantasy sleepers that came out of nowhere or are injury replacements that are instantly worth picking up.
Many of you probably read waiver wire suggestion columns on various fantasy sites, but our waiver trends page makes things much easier. We list all player’s worth a possible pickup, and even grab relevant player news from around the web about each guy to let you know what the experts think. FantasySP just cut waiver wire research time in half.
Our waiver trends are the first that I know of to allow you to sort by daily trends to easily pluck out fantasy sleepers. This is extremely useful for fantasy football, but even more for hockey, basketball, and baseball. There is also a graph of ownage history right next to each player so you can see what has been happening the past 30 days.
Finally, notice the Gray icons next to each player name? Those indicate that those players are available in at least one of my synced fantasy leagues. Any of those links will take me directly to his player page on my hosted fantasy league.
As an added bonus, Yearly Plus members will have the waiver trends shown in place of banner ads on every page.
If you still aren’t impressed by these waiver wire trends, then wait another few weeks when we announce yet another feature. All I can say is that it involves the Fantasy Assistant and waiver wire trends.
Week eight is in the books and now it’s time to take a look at the “team to stream” in week nine.
Analysis: This week we will take the Oakland defense at home against the Philadelphia Eagles. Nick Foles should get the start for the Eagles and he is still a big question mark. Foles struggled in his last start against the Cowboys. He was 11 for 29 passing and was sacked 3 times before leaving with the concussion. Despite Philly ranked 5th in the NFL in yards per game the Eagles are just 18th in points per game(22.0/game).
The Oakland defense has been a top ten fantasy defense in its last four games(PIT,KC,SD,WSH). The Raiders are 10th in the NFL in yards allowed per game, 12th in points per game against, 15th in sacks and 9th in fumble recoveries. The Raiders D/ST is available in 85-95% of fantasy leagues.
The Titans defense is another one to check out, they are at St. Louis in week nine. The Rams are 30th in yards per game and 23rd in points per game this year. The Rams also have a short week while the Titans have been resting on their bye. The Titans D/ST is available in 65-80% of fantasy leagues.
